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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1285809" data-attributes="member: 12508">&quot;Unskilled labor&quot; positions often require quite a bit of skill. Railroad engineers, operating engineers, plumbers, carpenters, and all of the rest possess mastery few others can ever hope to achieve. There are plenty of really smart people who never went to college, yet do quite well financially. A railroader I know who has a GED (after dropping-out) makes $140k per year, skillfully handling mile-long freight trains over challenging territory. I just paid a plumber $1200 for a 4-hour job I could have never performed myself, and he told me he makes $120k per year...I believe him.The courier job isn&#039;t &quot;unskilled&quot;. In fact, I takes a rather impressive skill set to be really good at the job. Time management, professional driving skills, professional demeanor around customers, and much more. FedEx sells it as unskilled because then they can justify paying less. Look at the new DRA-era courier, and then compare them to the few professionals that are left. The difference is easy to see.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1285809, member: 12508"] "Unskilled labor" positions often require quite a bit of skill. Railroad engineers, operating engineers, plumbers, carpenters, and all of the rest possess mastery few others can ever hope to achieve. There are plenty of really smart people who never went to college, yet do quite well financially. A railroader I know who has a GED (after dropping-out) makes $140k per year, skillfully handling mile-long freight trains over challenging territory. I just paid a plumber $1200 for a 4-hour job I could have never performed myself, and he told me he makes $120k per year...I believe him. The courier job isn't "unskilled". In fact, I takes a rather impressive skill set to be really good at the job. Time management, professional driving skills, professional demeanor around customers, and much more. FedEx sells it as unskilled because then they can justify paying less. Look at the new DRA-era courier, and then compare them to the few professionals that are left. The difference is easy to see. [/QUOTE]

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